Dr. Diane Pomerantz

For over 40 years, Dr. Diane Pomerantz has been a practicing psychologist, teacher, speaker, and supervisor. Prior to beginning her doctoral studies, she worked At NYU-Bellevue Hospital in New York City providing psychiatric casework services in a Comprehensive Pediatric Project serving inner-city families. Dr. Pomerantz then went to Berkeley, California for her doctoral studies. While there, she was the Clinical Coordinator of the Children’s Trauma Center, a therapeutic preschool for abused children, at Children’s Hospital in Oakland, California.

She came to Baltimore, Maryland to complete her Postdoctoral Fellowship at Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital in intensive inpatient psychotherapy with adults. After completing her fellowship, she remained on staff at Sheppard-Pratt for 10 years doing intensive long-term therapy as well as short-term cognitive behavioral treatment. In addition to her private practice, she has worked with public schools, residential treatment centers and has consulted and supervised in other settings.

Dr. Pomerantz has published professional articles  on topics  of childhood trauma and personality development. She has also been published in online literary magazines.

Lost in the Reflecting Pool: Surviving Narcissistic Emotional Abuse is the second edition of her award-winning and best-selling memoir. In this edition, she dons her psychologist hat to provide readers with more direct information about identifying abusive characteristics within their own relationships and how these issues can best be addressed.

Dr. Pomerantz has two grown children and lives in Maryland with her Sheepadoodle puppy, Tink.